Marking out my snooker table

[Rainman]

Hi

I have recently purcahse a full size snooker table unfotunately it has no markings on it.

I have the marking equipment (straight edge and 'D') and have the measurements for the baulk line and 'D' position but I cannot find any dimensions for the position of the ball spots, yellow through to black.

Can anybody help me out.

Thanks ..... Rainman

[RaNeN]

Baulk-line and Baulk: A straight line drawn 29" from the face of the bottom cushion and parallel to it is called the Baulk-line and the intervening space termed the Baulk.

The Half Circle: The Half Circle is a semi-circle described in Baulk with its center at the middle of the Baulk-line and with a radius of 11.5". When the striker has cue ball in hand within the Half Circle he may place the base of the cue ball anywhere on the line or within the Half Circle, and may use his hand or any part of his cue (including the tip) to position the cue ball--as long as it is judged he is not attempting to play a stroke

This is all I could find. Have you tried world snooker?

[snookersfun]

On the baulk line, looking up the table from the 'baulk end', the yellow ball is located where the "D" meets the line on the right, the green ball where the "D" meets the line on the left, and the brown ball in the middle of the line. An easy way to remember these positions is with the mnemonic, 'God Bless You', with the first letter of each word being the first letter of the three colours as they are racked from left to right on the baulk line. At the exact middle of the table sits the blue ball. Further up the table is the pink ball, which sits midway between the blue spot and the top cushion, followed by the red balls (one each), placed in a tightly-packed triangle behind the pink (the apex must be as close as possible to the pink ball without touching it). Finally, the black ball is placed on a spot 12.75 inches from the top cushion.

Wikipedia

[Rainman]

Thanks for your help

Rainman

[blinky88]

I believe the Pink Ball should be 34" from the bottom cushion.

As for the "D" just drill two holes 11 1/2" apart in a ruler or piece of timber. Hold one end with a nail or something like that on the Brown spot and felt pen in the other hole and draw it round.

The baulk line is 29" from the top cushion.

[Terry Davidson]

blinky:

Don't screw the man up please. According to the correct rules published by the WPBSA the Pyramid spot (Pink spot) IS MIDWAY BETWEEN THE BLUE SPOT AND THE FACE OF THE TOP CUSHION.

The baulk line is 29" from (actually above) the BAULK cushion, not the top cushion. Black spot 12-3/4" below the face of the top cushion. The 'D' is 11-1/2" in diameter.

Terry

[DeanH]

I am sure I answered this post earlier saying basically the same about the distances involved.
also see http://www.snookerbilliardspool.co.uk/tablemarking.asp which give ratios so can work on any size table.

Binky, you do realise you resurrected a very old thread?

[blinky88]

Terry you are right, the Pink spot is 35" from the bottom cushion, my table is incorrectly marked.

Dean, I was searching for table markings and didn't realize the thread was so old until after I responded to it.

[Geoff Large]

Not all cushion overhang is the same , some tables have 1.3/4 inch overhang I recovered a cox and yeman with this only yesterday , some are 1.7/8th overhang most modern tables have this overhang and some are 2 inch overhang (older tables) ,and again I have seen some 2.1/8th overhang but not often .

when we mark out a new cloth without the cushions on , we have a centre string line , this put in the centre of the table down the lenth , marking up from the end of the slate ( Black spot end ) our normal measurements are black = 14.3/4 inch , pink spot at 37 inch , blue at 6ft dead plus thickness of cloth . You may notice that the pink is in line from the middle pocket to the diagonal corner pocket . when ,measureing up you may just want to add the thickness of the bed cloth .

Baulk line is marked out at 31 inch from end of slate

another way of working it all out is the size of table , look at the 14.3/4 inch for a full size then knock off 2 inch for normal cushion overhang you are left with 12.3/4 inch from nose to black spot , if you are marking out a 10ft it would be 10.3/4 inch , a 7ft 7.3/4 inch and so on , the pink spot to be in alignment with the middle fall centre and a diagonal corner centre , the blue in line between the centre pockets , and the baulk on a full size is 29inch , deduct 2.5 inch for every foot you come down in size so a 9ft baulk would be 21.1/2 inch from nose of cushion and 23 inch from end of slate , the radius of the D is 11.1/2 , you can get D markers with multi holes in at 1 inch gradiants , deduct 1 inch for every foot you come down in size , so a full size D is 23 inch across or 11.5 inch radius , a 9ft would be 8.5 inch radius and 17 inch across the D .
when you come down in size some smaller tables go down to just 1.3/4 inch of overhang of cushion as they have smaller rubber fitted to them , you have to allow for this too . so always measure the overhang to get it exact .


now measure youre cushion overhang and work out what is correct for youre table .

The baulk should be 29 inch from the nose of the baulk cushion

you may want to remove the end cushions if you want to use the string method of measuring up the centre of the table , but normaly you would not do this . but if you do a centre tack just underneath the table is used proud to loop the string around ..

So it is possible on a 1.3/4 inch overhang that the pink spot is 35.1/4 inch from nose of cushion ! so measure youre overhang , and then measure some table cushion overhang in youre local club , you may be surprised at the many tables that are just not bang on the 2 inch overhang . which people think is set in stone and is not .

one thing I have to ask , if you bought a full size snooker table why did you not mark it out as the cloth was fitted before the cushions went on ? a full size cannot be moved in one piece so has to be dismatled and put back up and the cloth refitted !

Having said all this I often just mark all the full size tables as if they have 2 inch overhang , at the end of the day the black spot may be out by an 1/8th or so , does it realy matter , I doubt you will get many players carrying tape measures with them and they would not notice by eye .

[blinky88]

Thank you Geoff for taking time out to help .... the cushions do have a 2" overhang and I believe the table is now marked correctly.

[cyberheater]

It's very important to have a old guy with Parkinsons mark out the D free hand with an old fat marker pen like they did in my working mens club. It doesn't look so much as a snooker D, more a seismograph.